Verstappen still sees room for Red Bull to improve despite Singapore pole

Max Verstappen has already taken sprint pole, won the Singapore sprint and qualified on pole for the Grand Prix. Still, he said he was not yet satisfied with the current situation: the RB22’s start and gear changes could improve, and there was always more to extract from the car.

The pole in qualifying was the 50th of his career, at a circuit where he has never won. The Singapore Grand Prix is also the 250th Formula 1 race of his career. Verstappen said the milestone numbers do not drive him; he focuses on getting the most out of each weekend.

Nor does the absence of a Singapore victory add pressure, he said. He described the Grand Prix as a long race in which much could go right or wrong, and said he would wait to see how it unfolded.